8 To Hut Point, Scott's first base, thence down to the sea ice and back near the shore. Fair weather not very cold but no melting (a little in late afternoon. After lunch visited the N.Z. Scott Base. The director showed us a remarkable ice cave formed in a snow bank on shore caused by a crack in the bay ice at the shore. Entered on hands & knees, then stood up and penetrated some distance. The stalactites (icicles) were not very large but "furry" from snow crystals. Then to the dog colony, the only group still using dog teams. We visited a long pressure ridge where the shelf ice meets the bay ice. One has a better idea what the earlier explorers faced in getting through it with men-hauled sledges. Thence to the base itself. Originally planned as temporary for the International Geophysical year, it has needed some remodeling. Several buildings connected by tunnels. Had tea in the admin-istration building. Fourteen men over-winter with about 30 men in summer. Mess hall pleasant with good library about half narratives of polar exploration.